The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-03
FLAMES LEAP TO THE SKY
LOUISVILLE LIT BY A WAREHOUSE
AND GRAIN ELEVATOR.

The Latter Building Nine Stories High
- Fourteen Loaded Freight Cars
Totally Destroyed, as Well as a Cot
tage, Two-Story Frame House and
Two Stables - Blazes in Coal
Breaker.
LOUISVILLE, May "A very disastrous
fire broke out about o'clock this morning
at the immense warehouse of Brown, John
son & Co., on Fourteenth and Maple streets
Two alarms were turned in calling out the
whole fire department. The first was sound
ed five minutes before 3 o'clock and the
second at 800 o'clock. By the time the
engines arrived the warehouse was beyond
saving. The flames mounted high in the
air and lit up the whole city. The building
contained an immense amount of hay, rye,
barley, corn and oats.
AN ELEVATOR GOES.
Half an hour after the warehouse had
started burning the nine-story grain elevator
of Strater Brothers, at Fourteenth street
and Broaway, caught from the thick flying
sparks that the wind carried in immense
quantities for half mile to the north. The
Strater elevator was within half block of
the burning warehouse, and could not posi-
bly, be saved. The tower first caught and
then the whole structure became enveloped
III one solid mass of flames The fireluen
could do little else but pay attention TO sur
rounding residences At the time of the
breaking out of the fire no less than forty
freight cars, mostly loaded, were lying on
the tracks in the vicinity of the burning
building
FOURTEEN CARS BURNED.
All but fourteen of these were saved.
The cars belonged to the Louisville and
Nashville railroad, and were loaded with
hay, grain, etc, and the fourteen totally
destroyed with their contents will be loss
of about $4,000. The elevator, with its
contents, was valued at about $4,000. The
insurance is $4,000. The loss of Brown,
Johnson & Co. will be between $50, 900
and 100000. 1t is fully insured A
cottage, two-story frame house and two
stables were also destroyed. The work OF
the fire department was hampered on ac-
count of there being an inadequate supply
of water in the neighborhood.
COAL BREAKER BURNED.
WILKEsBARRE, PA, May 2.-The No. 10
breaker Of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal
Company, situated at Sugar Notch, three
miles from here, was burned this morning
Within three hours from the time the fire
broke out the enormous structure was
totally destroyed with all its valuable ma
chinery. The breaker had not been in
operation for some time past. The cause Of
the fire is unknown. The loss is estimated
at $4,000.
STILL BURNING.
WILKEsBARRE, PA, May 2, II p. M
The fire at No 10 breaker at Sugar Notch
still continues. The coal in the mine is now
burning, the fire having extended down the
shaft 20 depth of 700 feet. Preparations
are being made to food the mine. as this is
the only way to extinguish the fire.
This will take q week or more to accomplish
and will entail great expense on the com
pany The colliery has not been working
for the past two years, owing to the nature
of the coal veins, mining of which would
not pay under the present condition of the
market The loss so far is estimated at
100000.
FLOOD OF BURNING OIL.
CINCINNATI May "A special from
Lima, o., received early this morning, says
Lightning struck a 35, 900 barrel oil tank,
near town, and set the oil ON fire. Twenty
five other tanks in the immediate vicinity
are in danger, and if fired will food the
southern part of the town with burning oil.
BOLT SHOPS BURNED.
CHICAGO May 2.-All but one of the big
shops Of the Chicago Forge and Bolt Com
pany, on Forty-third street, were burned
tonight. The total loss will reach $125, 900
During the fire Bartlett Haslett, a spectator,
was fatally injured by a falling derrick,
and pipeman William Barber had leg
crushed